Channel network extraction from high resolution topography using wavelets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Lashermes, Bruno ^a   Foufoula Georgiou, Efi ^a   Dietrich, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CHANNEL NETWORK EXTRACTION; FUZZY TOPOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; HIGH RESOLUTION TOPOGRAPHY;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CURVATURE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HILLSLOPE; LIDAR; THRESHOLD; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN JACINTO FAULT ZONE;

EID: 39049161046     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031140     Document Type: Article

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